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Blinken postpones trip to Beijing after Chinese spy balloon spotted over US

The spectacle drew severe Pentagon accusations of spying on Friday, while sending some excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars.

China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting sensitive information.

China said Friday that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already tense relations between Beijing and Washington.

The Chinese Spy Balloon is currently flying across the center of the United States, but wind patterns could push the balloon straight for Louisiana.

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 60,000 feet (18,3...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his upcoming trip to China in response to the flying of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States, two US officials told CNN Friday, in what marks a significant new phase in the tensions between Washington and Beijing.

China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting sensitive information.

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 60,000 feet (18,3...

China said Friday that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already tense relations between Beijing and Washington.